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The latest questions and answers, from members following Anthem for Doomed Youth at eNotes.Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:11:07 PSTen-usThe irony in the poem is foreshadowed by the irony in this title. Owen...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-significance-title-anthem-doomed-youth-by-385061
The irony in the poem is foreshadowed by the irony in this title. Owen writes a bitter poem about the fate of so many soldiers in World War I and deliberately uses the title to mock the expectations of what his readers can expect. An anthem is a word used to describe a religious song or a song of national joy and pride as in the national anthem. Here of course the usage is very different, as the song is not about joy and pride in any way. This...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-significance-title-anthem-doomed-youth-by-385061Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:11:07 PSTWhat is the significance of the title "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Owen?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-significance-title-anthem-doomed-youth-by-385061
What is the significance of the title "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Owen?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-significance-title-anthem-doomed-youth-by-385061#1February 18, 2013, 3:24 am PSTThe life of the poet Wilfred Owen is as heart breaking as the war poetry...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-similarities-between-anthem-doomed-youth-send-378872
The life of the poet Wilfred Owen is as heart breaking as the war poetry he wrote. After suffering from shell shock in World War I, Owen stayed in a hospital where he wrote many of his poems. Eventually, Owen returned to the fighting and was killed in battle one week before the war was over. His poetry eloquently spoke of the young men that he met in war and the tragedy of losing their lives in battle. The poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth”...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-similarities-between-anthem-doomed-youth-send-378872Tue, 1 Jan 2013 03:12:49 PSTCompare the poems "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "The Send-Off" by...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-similarities-between-anthem-doomed-youth-send-378872
Compare the poems "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "The Send-Off" by Wilfred Owen.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-similarities-between-anthem-doomed-youth-send-378872#2December 31, 2012, 6:19 pm PSTthe whole poem is imaginary worked--family, sweethearts, parents. The...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/there-pattern-imagery-213799
the whole poem is imaginary worked--family, sweethearts, parents. The “holy glimmers of good-byes” suggests how light from altar candles shines in the tear-filled eyes of those who mourn. The grief of sweethearts is suggested by the “pallor of girls’ brows.” The consolations of philosophy and the privacy of grief are brought out by the “tenderness of patient minds” and the “drawing-down of blinds.” All the images share in...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/there-pattern-imagery-213799Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:40:01 PSTThemesSenseless Devastation.......The butchery of war horrified Wilfred...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-kind-sonnet-anthem-doomed-youth-290141
ThemesSenseless Devastation.......The butchery of war horrified Wilfred Owen. His comrades in arms represented the best hope for a better future, but all around him that hope was vanishing in the fire and smoke of the battlefield. The war also devastated the loved ones at home, robbing them of sons, daughters, brothers, and fathers and leaving only emptiness behind.Loss of Identity.......In war, young men with distinct personalities and unique...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-kind-sonnet-anthem-doomed-youth-290141Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:38:36 PSTThe impression of war that is created is a profoundly negative one. The...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-overall-impression-war-that-poet-trying-366939
The impression of war that is created is a profoundly negative one. The bitter, strident tone that dominates the poem is created thanks to the question that interrogates the reader at the beginning. Owen asks how the lives of all of these soldiers who are dying in the war will be commemorated. Instead of church services, bells and happy reflections on a life well lived, the legacy of all of this meaningless death is described as follows: The...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-overall-impression-war-that-poet-trying-366939Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:57:26 PSTThis simile suggests a lot about both the soldiers and the war that is...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-simile-who-die-cattle-suggest-about-366940
This simile suggests a lot about both the soldiers and the war that is leading them to be killed in such a spectacularly numerous way. The key to understanding any simile is thinking about the kind of comparison that is asserted and what that shows and says about the first object. Let us just remind ourselves of this simile and the text that surrounds it: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns....http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-simile-who-die-cattle-suggest-about-366940Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:51:07 PSTIn "Anthem for Doomed Youth," what does the simile "who die as cattle"...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-simile-who-die-cattle-suggest-about-366940
In "Anthem for Doomed Youth," what does the simile "who die as cattle" suggest about the deaths of the young soldiers?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-simile-who-die-cattle-suggest-about-366940#3October 15, 2012, 9:29 pm PSTIn "Anthem for Doomed Youth," what is the overall impression of war that...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-overall-impression-war-that-poet-trying-366939
In "Anthem for Doomed Youth," what is the overall impression of war that the poet is trying to create?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-overall-impression-war-that-poet-trying-366939#4October 15, 2012, 9:27 pm PSThow is it divided 8 and 6 or 4 and 4 and 4??????http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/need-help-anthem-doomed-youth-403490
how is it divided 8 and 6 or 4 and 4 and 4??????http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/need-help-anthem-doomed-youth-403490Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:50:44 PSTThe poets portray the feelings about war in a plurality of ways in the...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/poems-soldier-anthem-doomed-youth-what-tensions-147061
The poets portray the feelings about war in a plurality of ways in the poems “The Soldier” and “The Anthem of Doomed Youth”, both poets employ the use of linguistic techniques, structure and reoccurring motifs and themes to convey that families grieved and suffered because of death in war and how they came to terms with it. Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke differ in many ways with what they feels about war: Owen thinks it is a melancholy...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/poems-soldier-anthem-doomed-youth-what-tensions-147061Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:04:22 PSTIt is hybrid sonnet i.e a mixture between a petrachan sonnet and a...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/need-help-anthem-doomed-youth-403490
It is hybrid sonnet i.e a mixture between a petrachan sonnet and a shakesperian sonnet. It has the structure (an octave then a sestet) of a petrarchan sonnet but the rhyme scheme and rythm of a shakesperian one (abab cdcd efef gg) except for lines 13 and 14. Anthem for Doomed Youth's rhyme scheme is (abab cdcd effe gg)http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/need-help-anthem-doomed-youth-403490#5Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:35:15 PSTOwen's aggressively anti-war poem uses the metaphor of a church service...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-attitude-wilfred-owen-anthem-doomed-youth-303716
Owen's aggressively anti-war poem uses the metaphor of a church service to frame the horrific scene of men dying, most likely in France, during World War I. Instead of the sound of church bells summoning the faithful to church, the "passing bells" in the poem are the sounds of artillery fire, and these guns are killing the soldiers as if they are cattle. During a church service, the orisons are prayers, but to Owen, the orisons consist of the...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-attitude-wilfred-owen-anthem-doomed-youth-303716Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:47:24 PSTWhat is the attitude of Wilfred Owen in 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-attitude-wilfred-owen-anthem-doomed-youth-303716
What is the attitude of Wilfred Owen in 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' towards war? How is that conveyed in the poem?Please support your answer with examples.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-attitude-wilfred-owen-anthem-doomed-youth-303716#6December 23, 2011, 5:14 am PST